Teresa Champion, handpicked by John Wayne for "The Alamo," brought flamenco to San Antonio and teaches passionately at her ...

By Marina Harss For Olga Pericet, flamenco ... wears a man’s suit and dances a farruca, a traditionally male dance. Later, she performs a dance with castanets, to 19th-century guitar music.

As I walk up the steep cobbled streets, another sound filters in — the plucking of a classical guitar ... crowds clapping along to flamenco, and children playing in the street.